Sr Manager IT Quality Assurance
KY, US
Why Valvoline Global Operations?
At Valvoline Global Operations, we’re proud to be The Original Motor Oil, but we’ve never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future.
With a global presence, we develop future-ready products and provide best-in-class services for our partners around the world. For us, originality isn’t just about where we began; it’s about where we’re headed and how we’ll lead the way. We are originality in motion.
Our corporate values—Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, and Excellence—are at the heart of everything we do. These values define how we operate, how we treat one another, and how we engage with our partners, customers, and the communities we serve. At Valvoline Global, we are united in our commitment to:
• Treating everyone with care.
• Acting with unwavering integrity.
• Striving for excellence in all endeavors.
• Delivering on our commitments with passion.
• Collaborating as one unified team.
When you join Valvoline Global, you’ll become part of a culture that celebrates creativity, innovation, and excellence. Together, we’re shaping the future of automotive and industrial solutions.
The IT Senior Manager, CI/CD Engineering & DevOps is responsible for owning and evolving Valvoline Global Operations' enterprise continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated quality engineering capabilities. This leader drives the modernization of VGO's delivery pipelines across SAP S/4HANA (and associated SAP products), Salesforce, Databricks, and custom application platforms — replacing traditional manual QA and change management practices with automated, pipeline-driven quality gates, continuous testing, and intelligent release governance.
Reporting to the Director Strategy, this role serves as the enterprise authority for CI/CD pipeline standards, automated regression frameworks, code quality enforcement, ARB and CAB-aligned change risk assessments, cutover execution, and production failover readiness. The role is a critical leadership position for VGO's transformation to a modern software delivery organization operating at global scale.
How You Make an Impact (Job Accountabilities)
- CI/CD Pipeline Ownership & DevOps Engineering Leadership
- Own the enterprise CI/CD pipeline strategy, architecture, and execution across all VGO platforms. Drive adoption of modern pipeline tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, cALM, SAP Solution Manager, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, other pipelines). Enforce pipeline-as-code standards, enforce branch strategy governance, and ensure automated build, test, and deploy processes operate across SAP BTP, Salesforce, Databricks, and custom application stacks. Lead the shift-left engineering culture embedding quality and security at every pipeline stage.
- Automated Testing Strategy & Regression Governance
- Define and govern the enterprise automated testing strategy encompassing functional, integration, regression, performance, and security test automation. Own the automation-first mandate — eliminate manual regression cycles with repeatable, pipeline-integrated test suites. Establish code coverage thresholds, regression gates, and test-data management standards. Oversee toolchain selection and governance (Selenium, Playwright, Tosca, UFT One, OpenText ALM, REST Assured) aligned to VGO's SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, and API integration landscape. This includes security penetration and performance testing utilizing tools such as Loadrunner, etc.
- Code Quality, Peer Review & Static Analysis Governance
- Establish and enforce enterprise code quality standards and automated code review practices using static analysis tooling (SonarQube, CodeQL, ESLint, ABAP Code Inspector). Govern pull request workflows, peer review SLAs, and automated gate enforcement within GitHub Enterprise. Align code quality checks against documented architecture requirements and clean core compliance standards (particularly for SAP S/4HANA ABAP extensibility). Partner with the EA team on ARB reviews for major changes requiring architecture sign-off. Avoidance of the discovery of issues at the time of CAB, involvement in entire process is required
- ARB and CAB Reviews, Change Risk Assessment & Release Governance
- Serve as the DevOps and Release lead in the Architecture Review Board (ARB) process, assessing delivery readiness, pipeline compliance, and change risk for platform and application changes. Own the change advisory function: risk-score changes, enforce change windows, govern emergency change procedures, and maintain auditability across environments. Ensure release governance aligns with SOX controls, PDPL obligations, and VGO security standards. Lead go/no-go decision authority for major releases.
- Cutover Planning, Failover Readiness & Production Resilience
- Lead enterprise cutover planning, execution, and cutover command operations for major releases including SAP S/4HANA Project Phoenix wave go-lives. Own the cutover runbook library and rehearsal cadence. Define and validate failover and rollback procedures for all production environments. Ensure BCP/DR alignment for production pipelines, including RTO/RPO targets for CI/CD toolchain failures. Partner with infrastructure and platform engineering on environment stability, blue-green and canary deployment patterns, and post-release hypercare.
- Team Leadership, DevOps Culture & Continuous Improvement
- Lead and develop a global DevOps engineering team including release engineers, automation engineers, QA leads, and pipeline specialists. Build a culture of engineering excellence, blameless post-mortems, and continuous improvement (DORA metrics-driven). Define career development paths and upskilling programs aligned to modern DevOps toolchains and practices. Drive VGO-wide adoption of DevOps maturity assessment frameworks and report pipeline health and delivery velocity to senior IT and business leadership.
What You Bring to the Role (Job Qualifications / Education / Skills / Requirements / Capabilities)
- Education
- Required: Bachelor's degree (prefer Software Engineering, Information Systems, business or related field).
- Preferred: Master's degree or equivalent practical experience in DevOps, software delivery engineering, or enterprise architecture.
- Experience
- Required:
- 8+ years of progressive experience in software delivery, DevOps engineering, or release management.
- 5+ years managing enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines in a heterogeneous technology environment.
- Demonstrated experience with automated testing at enterprise scale (functional, regression, integration, performance).
- Experience supporting large ERP platform delivery (SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA strongly preferred).
- Proven track record leading production cutover, failover validation, and hypercare operations for major releases.
- Preferred:
- Experience with SAP-specific CI/CD toolchains (SAP Cloud Transport Management (cALM or Solution Manager), ABAP Development Tools, SAP BTP CI/CD Service).
- Salesforce DevOps Center, Copado, or Gearset experience for Salesforce delivery pipelines.
- Hands-on experience in regulated or SOX-controlled environments.
- Required:
- Certifications
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Google Cloud DevOps certification or related certifications.
- DevOps Fundamentals, or equivalent Agile/DevOps certification.
- ISTQB Advanced Level – Test Automation Engineer.
- ITIL 4 Foundation (for change and release process alignment).
- Technical & Leadership Capabilities and Competencies
- CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering:
- Expert-level proficiency with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or equivalent modern pipeline orchestration tools.
- Strong knowledge of pipeline-as-code (Jenkinsfile, YAML workflows), artifact management (Nexus, JFrog), and environment promotion patterns.
- Experience with GitOps principles, branching strategies (trunk-based, GitFlow), and PR governance controls.
- Test Automation & Quality Engineering:
- Deep expertise in enterprise automated testing frameworks: Selenium, Playwright, Tosca, REST Assured, OpenText UFT One.
- Experience defining and governing test coverage standards, regression suite architecture, and shift-left testing practices.
- Performance and load testing experience (OpenText LoadRunner, k6, JMeter) including production simulation and NFR validation.
- Code Quality & Static Analysis:
- Hands-on experience with SonarQube, CodeQL, GitHub Advanced Security, and ABAP Code Inspector.
- Ability to define and enforce quality gates, branch protection rules, and peer review SLA standards within GitHub Enterprise.
- Change, Release & Risk Management:
- Strong change risk assessment and ITSM alignment experience (ServiceNow ITSM or equivalent).
- Experience participating in or leading Architecture Review Board (ARB) governance processes for delivery changes.
- Familiarity with SOX change control requirements and audit-ready release documentation.
- Cutover & Production Resilience:
- Proven experience leading enterprise cutover command operations, including runbook creation, dry-run execution, and go-live decision authority.
- Knowledge of failover patterns, BCP/DR for CI/CD toolchains, blue-green and canary deployment strategies.
- Experience defining RTO/RPO targets and validating rollback procedures for production environments.
- Leadership & Communication:
- Exceptional stakeholder communication skills — able to translate pipeline metrics and delivery risk into executive-level language.
- Experience with dev ops KPI metrics (deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR, lead time).
- Strong coaching mindset with a track record of building and upskilling DevOps engineering teams at enterprise scale.
- CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering:
- Up to 15% domestic and international travel.
- After-hours support may be required during major global releases or transformation milestones.
- Hybrid work environment with periodic onsite collaboration. Primarily office-based with extended periods of sitting and computer use.
Valvoline Global is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and skills. We strictly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
We are committed to ensuring accessibility throughout our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the recruitment or selection process, please contact us at:.
• Email: Valvolineglobalcareers@valvolineglobal.com
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Are You Ready to Make an Impact?
At Valvoline Global, we’re looking for passionate and talented individuals to join our journey of innovation and excellence. Are you ready to shape the future with us? Apply today.
Requisition ID: 2423
